A1 · Articles
Der, die, das: how to learn German articles
Learn to remember the gender of German nouns with suffixes, examples and der, die, das exercises with explained answers.
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German grammar guides
Explanations in English, examples in German and exercises with answers, based on topics from the Dilelang A1–B2 path and checked against references from the Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS).
Articles, possessives and declension
Learn to choose the words that go with a noun and to recognise how they change.
A1 · Articles and negation
Ein, eine, kein, keine: articles and negation in German
Choose ein, eine, kein or keine by gender and case. Learn when to use nicht and practise with six explained exercises.
A1 · Possessives
German possessives: mein, dein, sein and ihr
Learn to choose and decline German possessives: who owns it, the noun's gender, cases, euer and Ihr, with exercises and answers.
A2–B1 · Adjectives
German adjective endings: tables and exercises
Learn German adjective endings after the definite article, the indefinite article and with no article. Tables by case and explained exercises.
B2 · Weak nouns
German N-Deklination: weak nouns with examples
Learn why German says den Studenten and dem Kollegen. N-Deklination table, common groups, exceptions and six explained exercises.
Cases and prepositions
Tell apart the role of each phrase, location and destination.
A1–A2 · Cases
Akkusativ and Dativ: differences, examples and exercises
Tell Akkusativ and Dativ apart with articles, verbs and prepositions. Practise location versus destination with exercises explained in English.
A2 · Prepositions
German two-way prepositions: Akkusativ or Dativ
Master the nine Wechselpräpositionen with location, destination, stellen/stehen and legen/liegen. Includes examples and explained exercises.
B1 · Verbs and prepositions
German verbs with prepositions: verb, case and questions
Learn warten auf, denken an, teilnehmen an and other combinations with Akkusativ or Dativ. Practise cases and questions with answers.
Verbs and tenses
Build sentences with separable verbs and learn to talk about what happened.
A2 · Past
German Perfekt: haben, sein and Partizip II
Form the Perfekt with haben or sein, learn regular and irregular participles and avoid auxiliary mistakes with examples and exercises.
A2 · Separable verbs
German separable verbs: prefixes and word order
Learn where the prefix of a separable verb goes in the present tense, questions, subordinate clauses and the Perfekt, with six exercises and answers.
Word order and sentence building
Organise information and connect ideas with relative clauses.
A2–B1 · Word order
TeKaMoLo: German word order with examples
Organise time, cause, manner and place with TeKaMoLo. Learn where the verb goes and when the order changes, with examples and exercises with answers.
B1 · Relative clauses
German relative clauses: der, den, dem and denen
Choose the German relative pronoun by gender, number and role. Learn verb position and commas with explained exercises.
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